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Democrat-Gazette online I was on Facebook earlier this week and came across a friend with whom I have all but lost touch. We met in college at UCA...
My son Harper is the most All-American rural Arkansan, in the best sense of both, I have ever seen.
Democrat-Gazette online A few days ago, I received a screenshot of a text Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas and now ambassador to Israel,...
I wrote Thursday about the meme I saw on Facebook that featured a picture of an old ice freezer in front of a grocery store, the kind where you get...
Democrat-Gazette online Sometimes I think the best thing I can offer readers is a peek into the life of a small-town girl. That is how I think of...
Three days ago, beloved ex-Baptist Bible teacher Beth Moore tweeted this paraphrase of Psalm 23:"The Lord is Jennifer Lyell's Shepherd.
Democrat-Gazette online My friend Don Bacon teaches a Sunday School class at his church in Little Rock. At my request, he includes me on the class...
Democrat-Gazette online I am here to give a shout-out of sorts to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. You read that right. So many things she does are anathema to...
I always feel like I don't fit in my hometown until I leave.
I am writing this from the worst seat on United Airlines flight 2160 from Denver to Dallas. The flight attendants just passed me with trolleys of...
The past week brought news that former president Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that has metastasized to his...
Democrat-Gazette online I recently visited with one of my oldest and dearest friends from home, a gay man who was raised similarly to me in a...
I have been thinking about America. So often I come to this space to write a column after reading a plethora of excellent journalism in this paper...
Democrat-Gazette online We have three major milestones happening this week in our family. Daughter Adelaide graduates from high school, son Harper...
I got the chance to take Stella, my youngest daughter, on an educational trip, which was great except for the guilt I felt about leaving Adelaide,...
Democrat-Gazette online Besides Cairo, my only experience with an African airport was Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport back in 1998, which...
Today is my dad's birthday. He is 79. I get to make his lunch, which per his request will be fried pork chops, homemade buttermilk biscuits, gravy,...
Ever since the death of the pope, I have been thinking about heroes. Specifically, my heroes, and how thankful I am that in a world where I am ashamed...
Hello, readers of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. My name is Justin. When Gwen asked me to write a piece for her, I thought about saying no, because I...
To the dearest readers in the world: I am writing to clarify that my online column of Thursday, April 17, was a work of fiction. I mentioned in a...
It is quiet in my house.
Democrat-Gazette online I've been told the published version of this will list Gwen Faulkenberry as the writer, so I want to make clear from the...
I have been asked to speak to the adult Sunday School classes at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock today.
Democrat-Gazette online First off, this ain't Gwen. It's her friend Jymmie Sue. I've had to take over this week on account of Gwen being tired, or...
I came across something the other day that gave me insight into the psyche of Elon Musk beyond what I usually think of him, which is not much.
Democrat-Gazette online My parents have sold the place where I grew up. It is a little farm on top of a mountain. Different than the untamed extremes...
The other day Adelaide and I were sitting on Couchy; she was doing some artsy project like she does all of the time, and I was reading.
Democrat-Gazette online A few weeks ago, I wrote about my take on the exchange between the leader of Ukraine and our American leaders in the Oval...
One day last year my daughter Stella came home from school telling me about some guy named Rhino who was a basketball trainer. A few of her friends...
Democrat-Gazette online As I write this, American and Ukrainian leaders are in Saudi Arabia, meeting to discuss the possibility of bringing an end to...